Mumford & Sons have released four studio albums: Sigh No More (2009), Babel (2012), Wilder Mind (2015), and Delta (2018). Sigh No More peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart and the Billboard 200 in the US, with Babel and Wilder Mind both debuting at number one in the UK and US, the former becoming the fastest-selling rock album of the decade and leading to a headline performance at Glastonbury Festival in 2013. The band has also issued two live albums: Live at Shepherd's Bush Empire (2011) and The Road to Red Rocks (2012).
Mumford & Sons were formed in December 2007 by multi-instrumentalists Marcus Mumford, Ben Lovett, Winston Marshall and Ted Dwane. Band members play acoustic guitar, drums, keyboard instruments, bass guitar, and traditional folk instruments such as banjo, mandolin and resonator guitar. The band name originates from the fact that Marcus Mumford was the most visible member, organizing the band and their performances. Lovett indicated that the name was meant to invoke the sense of an "antiquated family business name".
A handful of similar bands were increasing their visibility in West London around the same time, giving rise to the label "West London folk scene". Mumford downplays that characterisation as an exaggeration—Mumford & Sons and a few other folk acts just happened to be operating in the same general area at the time. In an interview with the Herald Sun, Marcus Mumford said, "It's not folk really. Well, some of it is, and it's certainly not a scene. Someone got over-excited about a few bands who live in a hundred-mile radius and put it in a box to sell it as a package. It's a community, not a scene. It's not exclusive." Having developed in the same musical and cultural environment, Mumford & Sons' sound has been compared to that of artists such as Noah and the Whale, Johnny Flynn and Laura Marling, whose backing band had included Marshall, Mumford, and Dwane.
In early 2008 the band began working with manager Adam Tudhope, who, as part of management company Everybody's, also represents Keane and Laura Marling. It was through Tudhope's connection that Mumford & Sons were exposed to their future A&R at Island, Louis Bloom, who began monitoring the band. Bloom told HitQuarters that they were still at a fledgling state and not yet ready for a label deal: "There was no one there for it, just a few friends, and they needed time to develop. Over the next six months I kept going to see them and they were literally picking up fans every time."
In February 2008, the band completed an extensive UK tour with support from Alessi's Ark, Sons of Noel and Adrian, Peggy Sue and others. June 2008 marked the band's first appearance at the Glastonbury Festival. They also toured Australia with Laura Marling, whose disinclination to interact with audiences encouraged Mumford into the spotlight. The experience helped inform his attitude towards Mumford & Sons audiences, which is to interact frequently and to try to create a comfortable, casual atmosphere. Mumford & Sons' first project was an EP entitled Love Your Ground which took a year to complete and was released in November 2008 on Chess Club Records.
The band began by using bluegrass and folk instrumentation, with the core instruments of acoustic guitar, banjo, piano and a double bass, played with a rhythmic style based in alternative rock and folk. In the documentary Big Easy Express, Marcus Mumford recognizes the Old Crow Medicine Show influence: "I first heard Old Crow’s music when I was, like, 16, 17, and that really got me into, like, folk music, bluegrass. I mean, I’d listened to a lot of Dylan, but I hadn’t really ventured into the country world so much. So Old Crow were the band that made me fall in love with country music." Mumford acknowledges that "the band inspired them to pick up the banjo and start their now famous country nights in London." Ketch Secor, Old Crow front-man, concurs: "Those boys took the message and ran with it.
Much of Mumford & Sons' lyrical content has a strong literary influence, its debut album name deriving from William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. The track "Sigh No More" includes lines from the play such as Serve God love me and mend, For man is a giddy thing, and One foot in sea and one on shore. The title of the song "Roll Away Your Stone" is an allusion to Macbeth; the song includes the line Stars hide your fires/ And these here are my desires which borrows and pares down Macbeth's line in act 1, scene 4: Stars, hide your fires,/ Let not light see my black and deep desires. Additionally, "The Cave" includes several references to The Odyssey, in particular the sirens that Odysseus encounters on his journey home. The song also contains many references to G.K. Chesterton's book, St. Francis of Assisi, in which Chesterton uses Plato's Cave as a way of explaining how St. Francis views the world from God's perspective. "Little Lion Man" appears to be a retelling in dramatic monologue form of Chretien de Troyes' Yvain, the Knight of the Lion, which is the story of a knight who goes mad after betraying a promise to his wife to return to her. Both "Timshel" and "Dust Bowl Dance" draw heavily from the John Steinbeck novels Of Mice and Men, East of Eden and The Grapes of Wrath.
The band's change in sound on their third album was described by Lovett as a "natural departure." At the end of the Babel tour Winston Marshall traded his banjo for electric guitar in sound checks and Mumford started playing more drums as the band jammed on heavy instrumentals and even some Radiohead tunes. Banjo does not feature on the record, an instrument that had become synonymous with the band. NME reported that the band's sound is "More expansive than ever and decidedly heavier, thanks to the shift in instrumentation." The group also employed a full drumkit instead of kick drum. "We've had our standard line-up of instruments for the last six years and we felt like that was our palette, [but] we started picking up other stuff," said Lovett. "It's a very natural departure from some of that rootsier stuff."
Lovett told NME that working with James Ford for Wilder Mind was part of trying something new. "We felt a need for change. Not from Markus [Dravs], but he was so closely attached to those first two records that as we had taken that time off, we wanted to try doing something new. It felt like, if we do our third record with Markus, does that mean we do our ninth and 10th records with Markus? At some point you have to try different things, as we collectively felt like it was time to try other stuff. Markus knows that we might well make the next record with him. We definitely haven't broken up [with Dravs], we're just playing the field!".
The band have won a number of music awards throughout their career, with Sigh No More earning the band the Brit Award for Best British Album in 2011 and six overall Grammy Award nominations. The live performance at the 2011 Grammy ceremony with Bob Dylan and The Avett Brothers led to a surge in popularity for the band in the US. The band received eight total Grammy nominations for Babel and won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. The band also won the Brit Award for Best British Group in 2013.
Where Are You Now
Mumford & Sons Lyrics
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As we walked the city streets,
You never said a word.
When we finally sat down
Your eyes were full of spite.
I was desperate, I was weak
I could not put up a fight.
But where are you now?
Where are you now?
Do you ever think of me
In the quiet, in the crowd?
You were strangely less in pain
Than you were cold.
Triumphant in your mind
Of the logic that you hold.
You said no one would ever know
The love that we had shared.
As I took my leave to go
It was clear you didn't care.
And where are you now?
Where are you now?
Do you ever think of me
In the quiet, in the crowd?
But where are you now?
Where are you now?
Do you ever think of me
In the quiet, in the crowd?
And I hear of your coming
And your going in the town.
I hear stories of your smile,
I hear stories of your frown.
And the darkness can descend,
We can relish all the pain.
But I know that's what you love,
'Cause you know I love the same.
But where are you now?
Where are you now?
Do you ever think of me
In the quiet, in the crowd?
But where are you now?
Where are you now?
Do you ever think of me
In the quiet, in the crowd?
But where are you now?
Where are you now?
Do you ever think of me
In the quiet, in the crowd?
The song Where Are You Now by Mumford & Sons is a heart-wrenching ballad about lost love and the haunting memories that come with it. The lyrics depict a past relationship that has ended, and the singer is left with questions about where their former partner is now and whether they think of them. The first verse sets the tone, with the singer recalling a final interaction with their ex as they walked the city streets, silent and estranged. The second verse conveys the bitterness and resignation felt by the singer, who is now desperate and weak and unable to fight for their love. The chorus repeats the central question, emphasizing the sense of longing and unanswered desire felt by the singer.
The third and final verse offers a glimpse into the ex-partner's life after the breakup, with the singer hearing about their comings and goings in town and their changing moods. The lyrics suggest that the ex is thriving on the pain and darkness of their feelings, and that the singer shares this peculiar fascination. The overall mood of the song is one of melancholy and nostalgia, with the singer haunted by the memories of a past love that they can't quite let go of.
Line by Line Meaning
It came to the end it seems you had heard.
Our relationship is over and you seem to have already accepted it, without much emotion.
As we walked the city streets, You never said a word.
As we walked, you didn't speak or show any emotion, making it clear that you were already over it.
When we finally sat down, Your eyes were full of spite.
When we finally talked, your eyes were filled with anger and resentment towards me.
I was desperate, I was weak, I could not put up a fight.
I was feeling helpless and unable to stand up for myself.
You were strangely less in pain, Than you were cold.
You seemed to be more emotionally disconnected and indifferent, rather than hurt or upset.
Triumphant in your mind Of the logic that you hold.
You felt victorious in your decision, as if your thoughts and reasoning were unchallengeable.
You said no one would ever know, The love that we had shared.
You made it clear that our past love was something that you wanted to keep hidden and that you wanted to move on without any emotional attachments.
As I took my leave to go It was clear you didn't care.
When I left, it was apparent that you didn't have any remorse or feelings towards me.
And I hear of your coming And your going in the town.
I hear about your whereabouts and what you have been doing around town.
I hear stories of your smile, I hear stories of your frown.
I hear both positive and negative things about your behavior and attitude.
And the darkness can descend, We can relish all the pain.
We can both indulge in our own pain and misery over the relationship.
But I know that's what you love, 'Cause you know I love the same.
But I know that's what you enjoy, because you know that I also have a tendency to dwell in pain and darkness.
But where are you now? Where are you now? Do you ever think of me In the quiet, in the crowd?
Despite our past, I still find myself wondering where you are and if you ever think of me, even in the midst of your daily life.
But where are you now? Where are you now? Do you ever think of me In the quiet, in the crowd?
I am still wondering where you are and if you still think of me, despite us having gone our separate ways.
But where are you now? Where are you now? Do you ever think of me In the quiet, in the crowd?
Even though we are no longer together, I still wonder if you ever think about me during quiet moments or in a bustling crowd.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: BENJAMIN WALTER DAVID LOVETT, EDWARD JAMES MILTON DWANE, MARCUS OLIVER JOHNSTONE MUMFORD, WINSTON AUBREY ALADAR MARSHALL
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